It is the oldest cemetery ever found in the Pacific islands, and it harbors the remains of an ancient people archaeologists call the Lapita.

这是太平洋岛屿上至今为止发现的最古老的墓地，埋葬着考古学家称之为拉皮塔人的古代居民的遗骸。

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The number of curves on the road was 48, matching the 48 letters of the ancient Japanese alphabet. Therefore, the tourist guides started to call the slope Iroha-zaka.

道路有48个弯曲道，代表了日本古代48个字母，因此人们开始称斜坡iroha - zaka。

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"They call it clean coal because they use some filters, but it is really nonsense," said Marza Marzioli of the no coal citizens group in the nearby ancient Etruscan town of Tarquinia.

“他们称它为清洁煤，因为他们使用了一些过滤器，但实际上是胡说八道，”无煤公民团体的默尔扎·马尔齐奥利说，该组织位于附近古国伊特·鲁里亚的塔奎尼亚镇。

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Cattle browsed in the grass, and the distinctive call of a sandhill crane carried on the wind that flowed down from ancient sand dunes in the distance.

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"We thought for a long time about what to call the exhibit, " explained Ralf Wartke, deputy director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, whose collection is housed in the Pergamon.

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